Bedstead-fastening



GEORGE W. BAKERpOF COCHRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

BEDSTEAD-FASTENING.

Specification of Letters Patent 1\To.y 24,085, dated May 24,k 18159'.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. BAKER, of Cochranton, in the county ofCrawford, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and ImprovedBedstead-Fastening; and I do hereby declare the following to be a fullthe round head P of the hook D is placed so that the end s of the hookwill move freely up and down; this box E is screwed on to the post Awith the cavity side of the box against the rail B, B, thereby keepingthe hook D in its place. On the convex side of the box E is a slot m inwhich the shaft of the hook D works.'

F is a toothed rack screwed on the shoulder of the rail, andl in whichthe end s of the hook D hooks, and when any weight is placed upon therail B, B, it drops down in the mortise z', z', in the post, therebyincreasing the distance between E and F which draws on the hook Dthereby drawing the rail B, B, and the post- A more tightly together themore weight is added on the rail B, B.v

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is-The box E, the hook D and the rack F when the same are used andcombinedsubstantially in the manner described and for the purposes setforth.

GEORGE W. BAKER.

Witnesses: Y

G. W. HECKER. A. B. RICHMOND.

